TRAFFIC SAFETY

These were the REQUIREMENTS which appear in the 2001 Boy Scout
Requirements Book. A new Set of Requirements and a new edition of
the merit badge pamphlet were introduced on July 23, 2001 at the
National Jamboree.

Those Scouts that
started this Merit Badge at the 2001 National Jamboree should use
the NEW requirements. Once the new Merit badge pamphlet, No. 33391A,
dated 2001, is issued, other Scouts may begin using the NEW requirements.

Those that started this badge using
Merit Badge Pamphlet 33391, dated 1992, or the 2001 Boy Scout Requirements
Book, which include the requirements listed below should finish
the badge using these requirements.

In a location away from traffic hazards, measure with
a tape measure -- not in a car -- and mark off with stakes
the distance that a car may travel during the time needed
for decision and reaction, and the braking distance necessary
to stop a car traveling 30, 45, and 70 miles an hour on
dry pavement. Discuss additional allowance that bad weather
and road conditions would require.

Using a bicycle, demonstrate four safe practices common
to bicycle and automobile driving.

Using the chart of international traffic signs and control
devices, explain the meaning of each.

Demonstrate the difference in visibility at night between
bicycle and rider properly lighted and marked with a reflectorized
material and a bicycle and rider at night with dark clothing
and an unlighted bicycle.

Do ONE of the following:

Observe, study, and prepare a report on one important
community activity for traffic safety.

Report on a traffic safety project in which you participated
with your troop. post, or school.

Report on an individual project that you carried out
in promoting traffic safety.

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